Underwater
Evening Gown
2006 (designed)
2006 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Full length evening gown with dropped waist, blouson-waisted tank top, and wide, flaring skirt, in woven silk, polyester and cellulose acetate and machine-embroidered with a design of seaweed and fishes. Lined in silk satin.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Underwater (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | A silk warp thread with a cellulose acetate and polyester weft thread, lined in silk satin |
| Brief description | 'Underwater' evening gown, Zac Posen, New York, made in 2006 for spring-summer 2007 collection. |
| Physical description | Full length evening gown with dropped waist, blouson-waisted tank top, and wide, flaring skirt, in woven silk, polyester and cellulose acetate and machine-embroidered with a design of seaweed and fishes. Lined in silk satin. |
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| Credit line | Given by Zac Posen |
| Object history | This dress was worn by Nicole Kidman for a photograph by Mario Testino in Vogue, December 2006. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.59-2016 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2016 |
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